From: Paul Turner (paulj.turner@ntlworld.com)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 18:32:40 GMT
Hi Matt, Bo, Steve, Wim
Matt said:
"True MoQ" for us means "Pirsig's reading of his own book," which is
what one does when you do what I've been calling biography.
Paul:
Fine, that's what I mean by "the MOQ" too. I'm trying to understand
Pirsig's intentions, not Bo's. That's my point.
Matt said:
I think Bo is right when he says, "We are all sinners here." Everybody
uses what they want from Pirsig when they are doing philosophy because
they are excavating the contents of _their_ minds, not the contents of
Pirsig's mind. I think that everybody should be able to do that if they
want. I think it a perfectly reasonable intention for this website.
Paul:
Agreed, but whereas you, Sam and Wim state that it is *your* version, Bo
often gives the impression that he knows what Pirsig intended the MOQ to
be better than Pirsig does.
Also, if we're talking about understanding an author's thought, we must
consider Lila's Child. Lila's Child is a rarity in that it has given
Pirsig the opportunity to respond to the way his work has been
understood and interpreted. For me it's great because, as I said, I'm
interested in what Pirsig intended. For Bo, it's terrible because it is
made clear that Bo got it wrong. But rather than continue to develop
"Bo's MOQ" as a valid but distinct alternative, we find Bo trying to
convince us that SOLAQI is what Pirsig really meant to write and that
half of Lila and everything that follows (SODV, LC, correspondence) is
some kind of watered down version produced as a response to criticism or
lack of acceptance.
Paul
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